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    Luigi Lusi, help desk coordinator for the Information Systems Center at Embassy Rome, monitors myServices—a tool used at overseas posts for submitting requests for anything from information technology, housing issues, supplies, or transportation—while working remotely from home. Photo courtesy of Luigi Lusi

    Embassy Rome’s IT support promotes resilience with music

    By Leon G. Galanos
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    When designing the main entrance pavilion for the new U.S. Embassy in Oslo, the permit authorities asked OBO’s architects to add way-finding guides for low-sighted persons who use long white canes. There is no such requirement in either the ADA or the ABA, however, OBO successfully completed the project. Photo by Ron Tomasso

    OBO’s Barrier-Free Accessibility Program

    by Ron Tomasso Way-finding guides, an accessible feature that assists low-sighted individuals who use long white canes, were added by OBO to the design of the entrance of the new U.S. embassy in Oslo. Photo...
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    Ben Sides, the Disability Action Group’s communications officer and Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) special agent, is shown in front of the DS Chicago Field Office in late 2018. Sides uses an above knee prosthetic for his daily work and appreciates the accommodations provided under the ADA. Photo by Jeff Johnson

    The ADA at 30

    Ben Sides, the Disability Action Group’s communications officer and Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) special agent, is shown in front of the DS Chicago Field Office in late 2018. Sides uses an above knee...
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    Commemorating History

    By Noel Doyle During the final months of World War II, the leaders of the three great Allied powers involved in the conflict—U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier...
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    AAPI hosts panel highlighting global repatriation

    Photo courtesy of AAPI
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    Staff members from Consulate Azores virtually attend a meet-and-greet with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the U.S. Ambassador to Portugal George Glass (center), hosted at Embassy Lisbon, Dec. 5, 2019. Photo courtesy of Embassy Portugal

    Consulate Azores celebrates 225 years of diplomacy

    By Kathryn Hammond Portugal’s Azores islands, an archipelago in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, celebrates the 225th anniversary as the oldest continually operating U.S. consulate in the world, July 7. Opened in 1795...
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    Several tons of PPE are loaded onto a plane in South Korea bound for the United States. Photo courtesy of Embassy Seoul

    Project Airbridge

    By Rob Noel
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    The Rambla of Montevideo is an avenue that goes all along the coastline of Montevideo, Uruguay, and also the longest continuous sidewalk in the world. At a length of over 22.2 uninterrupted kilometres, the promenade runs along the Río de la Plata and continues down the entire coast of Montevideo. Photo by Alejo Vazquez Young

    Uruguay

    By Jacqueline D. Mourot Often overshadowed by its larger and more well-known neighbors, Brazil and Argentina, Uruguay is a beacon of democratic and economic stability in Latin America. Uruguay’s democratic government, strong institutions, and strategic...
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    Consulate Melbourne hosts virtual iftar

    Photo courtesy of ConGen Melbourne
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